Wednesday, July 20, 2016

U equals 1cm

Further to my agonising about the "correct" value for U with 15mm scale figures in Impetus I've had a comment back in the forum that referred me back to the rules. U is 1cm for 15mm and 2cm for 25mm with the 15mm scale taking precedence. U equals 1 inch is just an option.

While of course I can make U and size I want, the rules really do mean for it to be 1cm.

Thanks. Not sure how changing the shooting ranges would play out as it would alter the opportunity shot and also make it much easier to close to combat. It's those lucky long range shots that hurt, especially if you can follow them up.

At this point, why not U=2cm? No need to make dedicated rulers. No need to worry about nefarious players bringing their own 17.5mm rulers to gain advantage.Easier for other people to try, realize its superior nature, adopt it and force change upon the Impetus world.

That would be the sensible thing to do (use 2cm), but I was trying to be smart. However my basic premise was wrong (that U was an inch for 25mm). Plus it's likely the U measurement will change with Impetus II based on what has occurred with Baroque.

All that said, the larger value for U with 15mm worked well. Only thing with a bigger value for U is that troops can wheel more (but it is capped at 90 anyway).